Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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